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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?






2. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?






3. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?






4. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?






5. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?






6. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






7. How much grains are to be eaten per day?






8. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?






9. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?






10. What foods have high quality protein?






11. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies






12. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?






13. What is the function of vitamin E?






14. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?






15. Where can you get more vitamin D?






16. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs






17. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease






18. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






19. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value






20. What are healthy sources of fats?






21. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






22. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






23. When does BMR decrease?






24. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?






25. When does BMR increase?






26. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






27. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






28. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






29. What function is vitamin A?






30. Fats can lead to some medical problems






31. How much milk is to be consumed per day?






32. Name six sources of grains






33. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






34. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily






35. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?






36. The higher the BMR a client has --






37. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






38. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






39. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






40. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?






41. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






42. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






43. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?






44. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?






45. How many calories/gram is protein?






46. What is normal albumin levels?






47. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency






48. What is the function of vitamin C?






49. What is normal BMI?






50. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?